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Dev's Digest: British Indians Set for India Team, Bhatia Near Liverpool Deal

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Welcome to Dev's Digest, a regular Sky Sports column by Asian Football Award winner Dev Trehan. Indian football chiefs are increasingly confident that diaspora footballers from Britain will be allowed to play for the national team, breaking current rules that require surrendering overseas passports.

Former Mumbai City FC chief operating officer Arunava Chaudhuri stated they are "closer than we've ever been" to seeing Overseas Citizens of India represent the Blue Tigers, adding diaspora footballers could take India to another level.

Meanwhile, British Indian entrepreneur Amit Bhatia leads a consortium with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in talks to buy a roughly one-third stake in Liverpool, reportedly valuing the club at £4.4 billion ($6 billion).

The digest also revisits Yan Dhanda's dream debut for Swansea, where the 19-year-old scored on his first taste of senior professional football, fulfilling a pre-match prediction he made to his cousin.